List of “Must Read” Graphic Novels

• Rodolphe Töpffer: M. Pencil (1840)
• Gustave Doré: L’Histoire du Sainte-Russie (1854)
• Frans Masereel: Mon livre d’heures (1919)
• Milt Gross: He Done Her Wrong (1930)
• Max Ernst: Une Semaine de bonté (1934)
• Charlotte Salomon: Leben? oder Theater? (1940-42)
• Palle Nielsen: Orfeus & Eurydike (1955-1984)
• Jules Feiffer: Passionella and Other Stories (1959)
• Edward Gorey: The Willowdale Handcar, or the Return of the Black Doll (1962)
• Harvey Pekar & R. Crumb: Bob and Harv’s Comix (1960s-1980s, collected 1996)
• Osamu Tezuka: Hi no Tori: Ho-ô (aka. Karma, 1969-70)
• Guido Crepax: Valentina con gli stivali (1970)
• Jack Kirby: Jimmy Olsen, Forever People, New Gods, Mister Miracle aka. “The 4th World” (1970-1973)
• Justin Green: Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary (1972)
• Keiji Nakazawa: Hodashi no Gen (aka. Barefoot Gen, 1973-1974/????)
• Hariton Pushwagner: Soft City (1973-?, published 2008)
• Jacques Tardi: Le Véritable histoire du soldat inconnu (1974)
• Osamu Tezuka: Buddha (1974-1984)
• Martin Vaughn-James: The Cage (1975)
• Claus Deleuran: Rejsen til Saturn (1976)
• Moebius: Major Fatal aka. Le Garage Hermétique (1976-1980)
• Palle Nielsen: Katalog (aka. Scenario, 1977-1981)
• Carlos Gimenez: Paracuellos (1977-1982/1999-2003)
• Will Eisner: A Contract with God (1978)
• Lat: Kampung Boy (1979)
• Hugo Pratt: La Casa dorata di Samarcanda (1980)
• Pierre Christin & Enki Bilal: Partie de chasse (1983)
• Eddie Campbell: Alec (1980-) in The Alec Omnibus (2008)
• José Muñoz & Carlos Sampayo: Le Bar à Joe (aka. “Joe’s Bar,” 1981, 1987, 2002)
• Hayao Miyazaki: Kaze no Tani no Nausika (aka. Nausicäa of the Valley of Wind, 1982-1994)
• Alberto Breccia & Juan Sasturain: Perramus (1983)
• Dave Sim: Cerebus: Church & State (1983-1988)
• Hideshi Hino: Jigokuhen (aka. Panorama of Hell, 1980s)
• Yoshiharu Tsuge: Munô no Hito (aka. L’Homme sans talent, 1984-1985)
• Natsuo Sekikawa & Jirô Taniguchi: Botchan no Jidai (aka. The Times of Botchan, 1984-1991)
• Suehiro Maruo: Shôjo Tsubaki (aka. Dr. Araki’s Amazing Freak Show, 1984)
• Gary Panter: Jimbo — Adventures in Paradise (1988)
• Gilbert Hernandez: Love & Rockets (1980s/1990s) in Palomar (2003)
• Jaime Hernandez: Love & Rockets (1980s/1990s) in Locas (2004)
• Frank Miller: The Dark Knight Returns (1986)
• Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons: Watchmen (1986-87)
• Art Spiegelman: Maus (1986/1992)
• Hugo Pratt: Elvetiche (1987)
• Will Eisner: A Life Force (1988)
• Peter Bagge: Buddy Bradley in Hate! (late 1980s-1990s) in Buddy Does Seattle (2005) & Buddy Does Jersey (2007)
• Chester Brown: “Fuck” (early 1990s) in I Never Liked You (1994)
• Dave McKean: Cages (1990-1996/1998)
• Chris Reynolds: Mauretania (1991)
• Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell: From Hell (1991-1996)
• Jeff Smith: Bone (1991-2004)
• Shigeru Mizuki: Nononbâ (1992)
• Jim Woodring: “Frank” (1992-) in The Frank Book (2003)
• Jacques Tardi: C’Était la guerre des tranchées (aka. The War of the Trenches, 1993)
• David Mazzucchelli: “Big Man” (1993)
• Paul Karasik & David Mazzucchelli: Paul Auster’s City of Glass (1993)
• Hisashi Sagakuchi: Akkanbe Ikkyû (1993)
• Daniel Clowes: Ghost World (1993-1997/1997)
• Joe Sacco: Palestine (1993-1995/2001)
• Charles Burns: Black Hole (1993-2004/2005)
• Peter Kielland: Fisk (aka. Fish, 1994)
• Baru: L’Autoroute du soleil (1995)
• Jean-Christophe Menu: Livret de Phamille (1995)
• Vincent Fortemps: Cimes (1995)
• Chris Ware: Jimmy Corrigan — The Smartest Kid on Earth (1995-2000/2000)
• David B.: L’Ascension du haut mal (aka. Epileptic, 1996-2003)
• Fabrice Neaud: Journal (1996-2003)
• Martin tom Dieck: Hundert Ansichten der Speicherstadt (1997)
• Emmanuel Guibert: La Guerre d’Alan (aka. Alan’s War, 1997-)
• Raymond Briggs: Ethel and Ernest (1998)
• Ben Katchor: The Jew of New York (1998)
• Anke Feuchtenberger: Somnambule (1998)
• Posy Simmonds: Gemma Bovery (1999)
• Jason: Vent litt… (aka. Hey Wait… 1999)
• Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis (1999-2003)
• Anders Nilsen: Big Questions (1999-)
• Joe Sacco: Safe Area Gorazde (2000)
• John Porcellino: Perfect Example (2001)
• Kevin Huizenga: Gloriana (2001)
• Joann Sfar: Pascin (2000-2002/2006)
• Kim Deitch & Simon Deitch: Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2002)
• Edmond Baudoin: Le Chemin de Saint-Jean (2002)
• Phoebe Gloeckner: Diary of a Teenage Girl (2002)
• Killoffer: 676 Apparitions de Killoffer (aka. 676 Apparitions of Killoffer, 2002)
• Aristophane: Les Soeurs Zabime (2002)
• Grant Morrison, Gary Erskine & Chris Weston: The Filth (2002-2003)
• Chester Brown: Louis Riel (2003)
• Mat Brinkman: Terratoid Heights (2003)
• Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefêvre & Fréderic Lemercier: Le Photographe (2003-2007)
• Gary Panter: Jimbo in Purgatory (2004)
• Daisuke Igarashi: Hanashipanashi (2004)
• Yuichi Yokoyama: New Engineering (200?)
• Daniel Clowes: Ice Haven (2005)
• Anke Feuchtenberger: Die Hure H wirft der Handschuh (2006)
• Lewis Trondheim: Désouevré (2006)
• Stéphane Blanquet: La Vénéneuse au deux épérons (2006)
• Kevin Huizenga: Curses (2006)
• Brian Chippendale: Ninja (2006)
• Shin’ichi Abe: Un Gentil garcon (2007)
• Dominique Goblet: Faire semblant c’est mentir (2007)
• Dash Shaw: Bottomless Bellybutton (2008)
• Josh Cotter: Driven by Lemons (2009)